Graduate Certificate in Women, Gender, and Sexuality at University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Programme overview

An interdisciplinary add-on certificate studying how gender and sexuality shape past, present and future cultures and societies, with critical study of their intersection with race, ethnicity, nationality, ability and other dimensions of difference. It gives students intersectional perspectives and methodological skills for research, creative activity and activism.

Faculty: Graduate School | Department: Women, Gender, and Sexuality (interdisciplinary) | Duration: 12 graduate credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Knoxville, TN, United States

What you will study

12 credit hours: six hours from courses such as FREN 433 French and Francophone Women Writers, PSYC 434 Psychology of Gender and SOCI 453 Gender and Crime; further electives including WGS 425 Black Feminist Theory and WGS 464 Feminist Philosophy of Science; and 3 credit hours of WGS 593, a capstone with a course syllabus, teaching philosophy and recorded public presentation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Application is made through the Office of Graduate Admissions. The certificate is intended for graduate students concurrently enrolled in a master's or doctoral programme at the University of Tennessee. A minimum 3.00 graduate GPA must be maintained.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Duration: 12 graduate credit hours

Apply through the official page: https://gradschool.utk.edu/

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